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International Media Highlights Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort

as Future of Climate-safe Travel

EAGLE BEACH – Oxford answering the need to feature articles currently such as Aruba where it is 2018, Bucuti & Tara Beach
Business Group just asked, combat climate change, on OilPrice.com, which has approximately 90% of the Resort is one of the Top 10
“How can the tourism in- Oxford Business Group’s more than 320,400 site visi- island economy’s GDP. Hotels for Romance in the
dustry achieve net zero?” January 27, 2022, cover- tors each day. World (third straight year),
The answer, it reveals, is to age reports on the travel The pathway is available to No. 1 Hotel for Romance
follow such trailblazers as sector’s actions, plans, and Not business as usual all in the Caribbean (sixth
Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort, those leading the way in- With the sharp rise in fossil From Aruba to Thailand, straight year) and No. 3
Aruba. cluding Bucuti & Tara. fuel prices and decrease the Austrian Alps to Saudi Hotel for Service in the Ca-
in supply, and the resulting Arabia, and across aviation ribbean. Aruba’s premier
“Various resorts and ho- The article has quickly climate-eroding emissions, within the travel sector, uni- adults-only boutique resort
tels have already taken gained traction appearing the travel sector is awak- form guidelines are helping is led by celebrated hote-
significant steps towards on other media sites and ening. This past autumn, hospitality entities begin lier and environmentalist,
decarbonization. In 2018 social media. Top search the World Travel & Tourism or continue their journeys Ewald Biemans, named by
the Bucuti & Tara Beach engine and news site Ya- Council together with UN to net-zero. To streamline Caribbean Journal as the
Resort in Aruba became hoo features it on its North Environment Program and expectations and results, 2017 Caribbean Hotelier of
the first resort in the Carib- American-based main Accenture examined what guidelines such as those the Year. The resort is nes-
bean – and one of the first page, which attracts more it will take to decarbonize within the new Glasgow tled on the powdery white
in the world – to go carbon than 251 million visitors the industry. One in 10 jobs Declaration on Climate Ac- sands of Eagle Beach,
neutral. Other resorts have each day. It’s also trend- is within the sector, which tion in Tourism and the Paris home to protected sea
followed suit,” the Oxford ing on Australian Yahoo is responsible for 8% of the Agreement, include sci- turtles and named one of
Business Group reports. Finance, in Energia Oltre world’s greenhouse emis- ence-based targets for ac- the “Dream Beaches of the
(Energy Magazine) in Italy, sions. The sector is a key curate reporting. In added World.” Now home to the
As the world ramps up and is also one of the four driver in many countries, support of going net-zero Caribbean’s Safest, Health-
in travel, investors are also iest Vacation Experience
factoring in Environmental, thanks to its physician-de-
Social, and Governance, veloped COVID-19 safety
or ESG, criteria as they con- protocols and Aruba’s
sider companies. These Health & Happiness Code
ethical and sustainabil- seal, Bucuti has 104 well-
ity factors provide a fuller appointed guestrooms,
picture of the hotel’s col- suites and penthouses. It
lective conscientiousness offers sunbeds and shade
in their valuations. 1 “The for every guest; freshwa-
hospitality world is pressing ter infinity pool; spa; WiFi;
the importance of going and complimentary iPad
net-zero and the guidance with Skype for use dur-
is here for answering the ing stay. Award-winning
call,” says Ewald Biemans, healthy dining is enjoyed
Owner/CEO of Bucuti & at oceanfront Elements,
Tara Beach Resort. “By go- Tara Lounge and private
ing net-zero, together we beach dining. Reserved
increase our value as a exclusively for guests and
vacation haven and pre- their friends, the newly ren-
serve our community while ovated open-air SandBar
protecting our shared, yet offers top-shelf cocktails
vulnerable, environment,” and live music daily along
says Ewald Biemans, Own- with the Caribbean’s first
er/CEO of Bucuti & Tara Healthy Hour. The resort is
Beach Resort. TAG Approved® as a LG-
BTQ-friendly hotel. Bucuti,
To learn more, visit Bucuti. a worldwide sustainable
com tourism leader, holds eco-
certifications of LEED Gold,
About Bucuti & Tara Beach Green Globe Platinum and
Resort Travelife Gold and was
Declared the first Carbon- named the World’s Most
Neutral®/net zero hotel in Sustainable Hotel/Resort in
the Caribbean in August 2016 by Green Globe.q